Overview Agenda Speakers Resources What to Expect We are excited to welcome our grantee partners to the 2023 BASED Convening, “The Celebration: A Convening of Possibilities.” The Kresge BASED Convening will be a virtual event held May 2-3, 2023, bringing together community development practitioners inspired by creative practice to form dialogues around activism and rest, sustaining organizations, emergent strategies within the arts + community development field, and celebrating the completion of the Kresge BASED Learning Cohort. Themes Activism + rest Sustaining yourself and organizations in this work Emergent strategies Discursive dialogue Registration Complete your 2023 BASED Convening registration here. For any questions, please contact Eva Rodriguez (she/her), consulting administrator, [email protected]. Schedule & Agenda May 2-3, 2023 Day 1, Tuesday, May 2 Introduction12pm to 12:45PM Intention Setting + Community Building The Breakout: Best Practices in Equity, Arts + Culture, Community Development1PM to 2PM Break + Creative Play2PM to 2:30PM The Breakout: Investing in Communities2:30PM to 3:30PM The Breakout: Healthy Communities3:45PM to 4:45PM Closing Debrief5PM Day 2, Wednesday, May 3 Creative Performance12PM To 12:45PM Featuring: Andrew Valdez and Kisha Nicole Foster The Breakout: Equitable Evaluation in Conversation1PM to 2PM Featuring: The Urban Institute Break + Creative Play2PM to 2:30PM Virtual Site Visits2:30PM – 4:30PM Featuring: Designing Spaces with Community + Fostering Physical Spaces of Belonging: Price Hill Will + Wave Pool Activating Community: Urban Consulate + Cohear New Social Possibilities: Black Feminist Future + Queens Village Check Out Reflection + Takeaways4:30PM – 4:55PM Closing Remarks from The Kresge Foundation4:55PM – 5pm BASED Speakers Please see the links provided in each breakout session to view speakers. BASED Resource Download the Kresge BASED Syllabus